Poultry-fountain.



0'. A. DIETSCHE.

POULTRY FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1914.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

COLUMBIA PLANQGRAPM c0., WASHINGTON, D. t.

osonn A. iiinrsonn, or GLADSTONE, noivrnnnxora.

POULTRY-Feminism.

icense.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR A. Din'rsonn, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Gladstone, in the countyofStark and State of North Dakota,.have inventedcertain new and usefulImprovements in Poultry-Fountains; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same. i 1' This invention relates to drinking founs tains forpoultry and more particularly to fountains having heating means theretoand adapted tor the use of young chickens.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a sanitary devicewhereby the lamp can be removed without'the displacement of thefountain.

Another object of this invention is to pro vide a device whereby thedrinking trough can be adjustably placed for young chickens or forchickens of considerable size.

Another ob ect of this nvention is to so construct the fastening meansfor the trough that the same can be readily removed for the purpose ofcleaning or repairing.

Other objects and advantages of this invention' will be hereinafter moreclearly set forth in the specification and pointed outin the claim.

1 Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout thespecification and drawings, in which,

l igure 1 is asectional elevation of this device in assembled formation.Fig. 2 is a sectional view on theline 2, 2 of Fig. 1 looking in thedirection of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3, 3of'Fig. 2,

and Fig.4; is a sectional View on the line 4:, 1- of Fig. 2 andindicating the drinking trough in a lowered position. a

In Fig. 1 of the drawings 1 is a container for the fountain composed ofany suitable material but preferably of. circular sheet metal, havingpivoted-at 2 and 3 lifting handles 4 and 5 as plainly shown in saidfigure. A conical shaped cover 6 is adapted to be seated upon the topedge 7 of the fountain and slightly projecting beyond the edge.

thereof as at 8, said. covering having a centrally disposed aperture 9at the top portion thereof and a filling opening 10 on one side thereofsuitably closed by a cap 11. Suitable integral fianges 12 and 13 areformed in the Walls of the container adapted to seat Specification ofLetters Patent. Pafiygnigedgt 18 1916. Application filed November 5,1914., Serial No. 870,354.

a door 14, said door having a. knob 15 thereon for the purpose ofreadily lifting the door to uncover an openingin the wallv ofthecontainer.

A false bottom, 16 is formed in the lower portion of the containerleaving the chamber '17 therebetween and the bottom 18 of the container,said false bottom having centrally disposed thereina casing 19 forming asuitable receptacle for the lamp chimney and having-rising therefromafiue or chimneyy20 which is adapted to penetrate the aperture 9 in thecovering 6 and is retained I from displacement therefrom by means of anenlarged end 21 forming shoulders adapted to seat upon the cover 6*adjacent the edgesof the opening 9.

A suitable ,lamp chimney 22 ismounted in the receptacle 19 and has atoppositely which are fastened at their lower ends to the outer wall ofthe chimney 22,and which are adapted to bind against the inner surfaceof the receptacle 19 to retain the chimney 22 in elevated position whenthe same has been lifted for the purpose of removing the lamp 24. .Thechimney 22 seats upon a suitable platform 25 having upturned flangededges 26 fastened to the burner 27 of the lamp 2% but above themanipulating thumb key 28 thereof.

"disposed points thereon metallic springs 23 A shallow drinking trough29 built prefe erably of metallic material is formed to match thecontour of the, container 1., the outer wall 30 thereof being slightlysloped and the inner wall 31 being vertically dis- 7 A suitable spout 36is adapted to project.

from the wall of the container 1 having a downwardly curved mouthportion 37 adapted to feed liquid into the drinking trough. a

For the convenience of young chickens or fowls a second series ofprojecting lugs 38' and projecting hooks 39 similar to the lugs 35previously described, is formed In practice a suitable H near the baseportion of the container so a that said drinking trough 29 can belowered and fastened to these last mentioned lugs to allow the youngchickens to drink therefrom. A flexible hose or tubing 40 is fastenedover the mouth 37 of the spout, 36 to direct the water into the troughin its lowered position as plainly indicated in dotted lines of Fig. 4;.

In operation the spout 36 is first closed in'any suitable manner whenthechamber 41- .is filled: with drinking fluid through the vent 10 afterwhich the cap 11 is seated thereover, the door 14 raised,the lampchimney 22 pushed upwardly in its receptacle and the lamp 24? insertedin position, lighted, and thechimney lowered upon the platform 25, afterwhich the door is closed. After the water becomes properly heated toremove the chill therefrom, the closure (notishown) is removed from thespout 36 and the water 7 allowed tofill the. trough 29" for purposes ofdrinking, or if the trough is put in its lowered. position, atube 40 isattached to the spout 36 to direct the water into the lowered trough. Ifit'is desired to remove 1 the trough for purpose of cleaning or re-Copies of this patent-may be, obtained'for Washington, D; 6'.

pairing the spout 36 canbe again closed for this purpose, therebywasting but a minimum quantity'of Water.

.Having thus described my invention,

what I" claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is p Adrinking fountain, comprising thecombination with a container having aliquid chamber in the upper portion thereof, a heating chamber in thelower portion thereof, a division wall between said cham her and ahollow casing projecting upwardly from said partition, of z t-heatingdevice,a chimney for said heating device, and oppositeliy disposed.spring members on the chim- OSCAR A. pIETsoHE. Witnesses- I R.E'L'MORROW,

V H. O. PIPPIN.

five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of "Patents.

